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Portrait of J. W. Randolph sitting in a wooden chair, Los Angeles, 1929

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Title: Portrait of J. W. Randolph sitting in a wooden chair, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: A portrait of J. W. Randolph sitting in a wooden chair. J. W. Randolph was charged for the murder of his wife by poisoning her with arsenic. He was later acquitted of the charge. A similar photograph appears with the article "Murder Charge in Mrs. Randolph's Death Complicated by Controversy Over Estate: STATE STARTS FINANCE CHECK Daughter Withholds Basis for Suspicion Husband's Counsel to Fight Incommunicado Status Arsenic Shown by Autopsy Causes Accusation," Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1928: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Randolph, J.W. Murder Case.
Handwritten on negative: J. W. Randolph
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3725_G4141
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials, litigation, etc
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Randolph, J. W. (Jack W.), b. 1882 or 1883
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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